<p>Cruel? Is it cruel that my neighbor has a bigger house or a better car? Is it cruel that my son didn’t get into his top school choice? Life is filled with people who have more opportunities, but it’s what you do with your own that matters. I know plenty of people who have gone to elite institutions and done little or nothing with their educations. Conversely, there are lots of successful people out there without the benefit of an elite education who have gone on to do tremendous things. Ted Turner, who was profiled in the article, is one of them. If we teach our kids that it’s cruel when they don’t get what they want, we raise children who have envy and anger in abundance, but little else to fall back on.</p>